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A paraglider accused of chasing and kicking a barn owl is looking at possible jail time and six-figure fines as a result, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The accused, Dell Schanze, was allegedly featured in a since-deleted YouTube video showing off his owl-harassing ways. Federal wildlife officials weren't amused, and the 45-year-old faces up to 18 months in jail and fines of more than $100,000 if he's found guilty of violating the Airborne Hunting Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. He might lose his motorized paraglider, too.

Schanze is better known to Utah residents as "Super Dell," thanks to over-the-top TV commercials for his now-defunct Totally Awesome Computers business, reports KSL. The station notes that Schanze once spent eight days in jail on a reckless-driving charge. Kids were in the car at the time of his arrest, and Schanze told police he was weaving in the road to entertain them.

A) Don't be a dick to wildlife. B) The threatened punishments are ridiculous. What happened to "the punishment must fit the crime?" A couple of months cleaning the bird cages at the local zoo as public service seems about right.

RangerNXS1

Oct 31, 2014 1:36 AM CDT

thanks for "watching my back" all you Newser posters and fans! With all of ya'll on the case..his goose is cooked! We brought his mayhem to a "screeching" halt..this guy wasn't raised in a barn after all! I am much more "talonted" than him and even though he needed to "vent" he operated under the "cloaca" darkness!